Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Welcome to our Pad, a party on a Budget!

A new school year is always exciting time for children specially if it is their first time going to school. My youngest child started preschool last week and to help him with the transition, we had a fun Welcome to our Pad party! The best part of all, is that I only spend $36! I love to walk around the candy aisle and brainstorm on easy and affordable ways to bring some fun to the dessert table. Dollar Tree is always on my list for great finds and inspiration. It was at the Dollar Tree that I got the idea to do a Welcome to Our Pad party on a budget. A very cute theme that can be also used for a Frog Birthday Party theme. Most of the items that I used at the party came from the Dollar Tree. As you scroll dow, you will be able to see every detail from our party and the

For the backdrop, I used black wrapping paper, embellished with a polk a dot trimmer with the big frog in the center and the small frogs around with the names of the children that attended to the party.

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For this party, I tried to keep the snacks simple but creative. For the sweet table, we enjoyed some erasers (Stacker Mallows),rulers(AirHead), chalk (marshmallow confetti), chocolate frogs, apples and frog cupcakes and marshmallow paint brushes.

Before they enjoyed their sweets, the children munched on apple shaped whole wheat ham and cheese sandwiches, bookworm grapes and fruit punch.

One of my favorite DIY projects for this party is the crayon cupcake stand using crayons and paper towel roll! So easy to make and definitely made the cupcakes stand out! You can get the tutorial HERE.

I used the frog labels from the Dollar Tree to embellish the snack containers and personalize their drinks. I got alphabet stamps from Walmart scrapbook section for $1.

I already had the chalk place mats from Jill Celebration's, the kids played tic-tac-toe while munching on their snacks. You can also use 12x12 black scrapbook paper as place mats. Michael Stores often has a sale for 6 scrapbook papers for $1.

Just like class parties, I set up 3 Stations that included a Lace and Learn, Tangrams and color the puzzle.

I made the goodie bags using paper bags from the dollar tree and scrapbook paper. They came up so cute and inexpensive.

Look at those grape caterpillars! How cute! I found you on Skip to My Lou ... and happened to post about making a caterpillar out of cloth diapers. What a coincidence! Wish I could have had this idea for our baby shower!

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Welcome to my Blog! I love crafts!! EASY CRAFTS!! Crafts that just by looking at it you can figure it out how to make it!! Why? Because moms don't have time to read and follow complicated directions!!! I try to make my crafts easy and affordable! Hope you enjoy my ideas! I am new at this so it will take a while to get this Blog thing right! :)